Amaretto Poppy Seed Cake
Amaretto Poppy Seed Cake ~ If you love almond flavor, this is the moist coffee cake of your dreams with 4 layers of lovely almond flavor baked right in.
Servings: 16 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup room temperature butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3.5 ounces almond paste, crumbled
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 3 Tbsp Amaretto
- 1 cup poppy seeds
glaze
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract
- milk or cream to thin
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Cream the butter, sugar and almond paste together.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, while beating.
- Mix the buttermilk with the almond extract and Amaretto in a measuring cup.
- Whisk the dry ingredients together in a small bowl with the poppy seeds.
- Add the dry ingredients alternately with the wet to the butter, beating just to combine.
- Spoon the batter into a greased tube pan and smooth out the top.
- Bake for about 45 - 55 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Tube pans vary in capacity and shape, so baking times will vary as well.
- Cool completely before glazing.
- For the glaze mix the confectioner's sugar with enough milk or cream to thin to a glaze consistency, and add in the extract. You can also use Amaretto to thin the sugar if you prefer. Sprinkle a few poppy seeds or sliced almonds on top if you want to.
Notes
You can make your own almond paste, it's easy!
Nutrition
Calories: 370 kcal · Carbohydrates: 41 g · Protein: 6 g · Fat: 21 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 5 g · Trans Fat: 0.5 g · Cholesterol: 67 mg · Sodium: 210 mg · Potassium: 141 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 28 g · Vitamin A: 430 IU · Vitamin C: 0.1 mg · Calcium: 154 mg · Iron: 2 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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